Latest action · May 9, 2017Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 63.
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IntroducedJan 13, 2017
Passed HouseJan 30, 2017
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Summary
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act
(Sec. 3) This bill redesignates the Ocmulgee National Monument in Georgia as the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park.
The boundary of the park is adjusted to include approximately 2,100 acres.
The Department of the Interior may acquire lands and interests within the boundaries of the park by donation, purchase from a willing seller, or exchange, but not by condemnation.
Interior shall administer any acquired land as part of the park.
(Sec. 4) Interior shall conduct a special resource study of the Ocmulgee River corridor between the cities of Macon and Hawkinsville, Georgia, to :
evaluate the national significance of the study area;
determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the study area as a unit of the National Park System; and
consider other alternatives for the preservation, protection, and interpretation of the study area by the federal government, state or local government entities, or private and nonprofit organizations.
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May 9, 2017Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-50.
May 9, 2017Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 63.
Mar 30, 2017Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Feb 1, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Art. I, Section 8, clause3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 9, January 13, 2017, page H547.
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